Fastening arrangement for decorative wheel rings

Abstract

The present invention relates to a decorative wheel ring comprising a spring clip for engagement in the rim of a wheel of a motor vehicle the ring having a fastening for a spring clip which is in the form of a three-legged spring loop including tangs which, after the arrangement has been pressed into the dish of the rim, engage the wall of the wheel dish and thus hold the decorative wheel ring freely suspended on the wheel of the vehicle. The tangs are arranged on the center portion of the spring clip, and the ring is provided with a guide slot adapted to receive the outer free leg of the spring clip. The ring is also provided with an extension serving as an axial stop for the inner free leg of the spring clip which embraces said extension.

I claim: 
     
       1. A decorative wheel ring comprising at least two spring clips for engagement in the rim of a wheel of a motor vehicle, the decorative wheel ring being provided with a clip support portion for each spring clip, wherein each spring clip has the form of a three-legged spring loop comprising an outer free leg joined at its one end to a central portion through a first bent portion, and an inner free leg joined to said central portion through a second bent portion, including tangs on said central portion which, after the decorative wheel ring together with said spring clips inserted in said clip support portions has been pressed into the wheel dish of the rim, engage the wall of the wheel dish and thus hold the decorative wheel ring freely suspended on the wheel of the vehicle, each clip support portion on the decorative wheel ring being provided with an axially extending guide slot adapted to receive said outer free leg of the spring loop of the spring clip, wherein said clip support portion also contains a projecting extension serving as an axial stop for the inner free leg of said spring loop of the spring clip which embraces said extension and forces said tangs against said rim thereby to secure said ring. 
     
     
       2. A decorative wheel ring according to claim 1, wherein the end of the inner free leg of said spring loop of the spring clip is provided with a flange portion which forms an angle of approximately 90° with the remainder of said inner free leg of the spring loop, said flange on the inner leg of the spring loop being disposed and adapted to have the same general direction as said projecting extension of said clip support portion, and said flange also being adjacent to and capable of resting against said projecting extension of the clip support portion upon insertion of said spring clip into said clip support portion on the decorative wheel ring.